Trade Review Act would require greater checks on tariffs in further sign of congressional disquiet over president’s plans Senior senators introduced new bipartisan legislation on Thursday seeking to claw back some of Congress’s power over tariffs after Donald Trump unveiled sweeping new import taxes and rattled the global economy with […]
Month: April 2025
Retailer’s ‘gift to America’ could be hit by new taxes as it also adjusts to rules on advertising high fat, sugar and salt foods Percy Pig’s US invasion could be called to a halt amid fears that Donald Trump’s tariffs could affect sales of Marks & Spencer’s popular confectionery brand […]
Britain gets off comparatively lightly but US president’s action could still cost billions in lost growth US politics – latest updates Donald Trump has hit the UK with tariffs of 10% on exports to the US as he ignited a global trade war that could wipe billions off economic growth. […]
Former neonatal nurse’s legal team to hand over 86-page report which they say casts ‘serious doubt’ on guilty verdict The evidence used to convict Lucy Letby of poisoning babies is flawed, seven leading experts have said, in a dossier that will be submitted to the miscarriage of justice watchdog. The […]
Forensic consultant says multiple bullets were used from short range in attack that has caused global outrage A forensic doctor who examined the bodies of some of the 15 paramedics and Palestinian rescue workers shot dead by Israeli forces and buried in a mass grave in southern Gaza has said […]
Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, says there are too few men working in schools as UK reflects on TV series Adolescence The fate of boys “is a defining issue of our time”, according to the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, as she calls for more men to become teachers to combat […]
Survey finds vast majority of doctors are concerned at impact of health inequalities on their patients Doctors have reported a rise in the number of patients with Victorian diseases such as scabies, as the Royal College of Physicians urged the government to do more to fight poverty. The survey of […]
Exclusive: UK willing to placate Trump with lower digital services tax rate also encompassing non-US companies Big US technology companies have been offered a significant tax cut by Keir Starmer in return for lower tariffs from Donald Trump’s administration as the UK braces itself for a global trade war. The […]
London PhD student convicted of 10 rapes may have 60 more victims, force fears More than 20 women have contacted police to say they fear they may have been attacked by the serial rapist Zhenhao Zou, with detectives fearing there may be even more victims to come. Zou, 28, was […]
Senior doctor who saw bodies says men appeared to have been ‘executed’, adding to evidence of potential war crime Some of the bodies of 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers, killed by Israeli forces and buried in a mass grave nine days ago in Gaza, were found with their hands […]